as you can tell from my name i know nothing about cars...i haev a 1985 subrban and the engine went out...i know it has a 350 in it...a friend said he has a 267 chevy small block v8 and it will fit... i just want to confirm this!

I am sure it will fit but i wouldn't even consider it JMO. They only made those engines like 3 years i think. And a very low HP engine at that small bore just not a good engine IMHO especially for a big ride like you are talking about, Wouldn't consider it at all i would get another 350 or a 400 or even a bigblock. Before i would mess with the 267 engine . JMO

Eloc just gave you some very good advice. It will gut the 267 trying to carry the weight of a locomotive sized suburban. These engines were made for vehicles that had wheel bases that didn`t exceed a certain limit. They came standard with about 110 horsepower and that was on a good day. If you were to place a small RV cam it still wouldn`t do any good, the 267 is so small a RV cam that idles smoothly in a larger small block is radical in a 267. The next problem is the 267`s small 3.500 inch bore, coupled with its long stroke of 3.480 results in high cylinder tempatures that can burn holes through pistons, the best place for a 267 is the recycler or a boat anchor.

If you need to get the Suburban on the road cheap the 267 will fit right in place of the 350. It will be rather slow as this is a low performance motor, but it will get you up and down the road if money is a factor. Had a friend put a 267 in a '82 Chevy Caprice Stationwagon in place of a 350, it wouldn't get any speeding tickets but got him around and to work and back 50 miles a day without a problem.

as you can tell from my name i know nothing about cars...i haev a 1985 subrban and the engine went out...i know it has a 350 in it...a friend said he has a 267 chevy small block v8 and it will fit... i just want to confirm this!

You are confirmed- but if you're even considering it, know right now that it will be VERY slow accelerating. Dangerously slow, IMHO.

Yes it is the same externally as the other small blocks. A good friend of mine had a chevy tiltbed with a 267 in it. He hauled enough scrap cars to build a 355 for the truck.The truck actually wasnt too bad to drive,but it was no powerhouse.

Think of what a 267 Caprice would run like, towing another 1/2 Caprice, and that would be about like the 'burban w/a 267! LOL

I know. I had a '81 Impala 4dr parts car bought for the engine for $75 and told it was a 350.. IIRC I did have it running and it ran pretty good but when I ran the numbers and found it was a 267 I just junked it..

Register Now

In order to be able to post messages on the Hot Rod Forum : Hotrodders Bulletin Board forums, you must first register.
Please enter your desired user name (usually not your first and last name), your email address and other required details in the form below.

User Name:

Password

Please enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.

Password:

Confirm Password:

Email Address

Please enter a valid email address for yourself.

Email Address:

Insurance

Please select your insurance company (Optional)

Log-in

User Name

Remember Me?

Password

Human Verification

In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic.